Job 9:23
Strong's Lexicon
When
אִם־ (’i·mō·šō-)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 518: 1) if 1a) conditional clauses 1a1) of possible situations 1a2) of impossible situations 1b) oath contexts 1b1) no, not 1c) if...if, whether...or, whether...or...or 1d) when, whenever 1e) since 1f) interrogative particle 1g) but rather

the scourge
שׁ֭וֹט (wṭ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7752: 1) scourge, whip 1a) scourge (for chastisement) 1a1) of national judgment (fig) 1b) whip (for horse)

brings sudden
פִּתְאֹ֑ם (piṯ·’ōm)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 6597: adv 1) suddenly, surprisingly subst 2) suddenness

death,
יָמִ֣ית (yā·mîṯ)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4191: 1) to die, kill, have one executed 1a)(Qal) 1a1) to die 1a2) to die (as penalty), be put to death 1a3) to die, perish (of a nation) 1a4) to die prematurely (by neglect of wise moral conduct) 1b) (Polel) to kill, put to death, dispatch 1c) (Hiphil) to kill, put to death 1d) (Hophal) 1d1) to be killed, be put to death 1d1a) to die prematurely

He mocks
יִלְעָֽג׃ (yil·‘āḡ)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3932: 1) to mock, deride, ridicule 1a) (Qal) to mock, deride, have in derision 1b) (Niphal) to stammer 1c) (Hiphil) to mock, deride

the despair
לְמַסַּ֖ת (lə·mas·saṯ)
Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 4531: 1) despair, test 1a) despair 1b) testing, proving, trial

of the innocent.
נְקִיִּ֣ם (nə·qî·yim)
Adjective - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5355: 1) clean, free from, exempt, clear, innocent 1a) free from guilt, clean, innocent 1b) free from punishment 1c) free or exempt from obligations 2) innocent

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
When the scourge brings sudden death, He mocks the despair of the innocent.

Young's Literal Translation
If a scourge doth put to death suddenly, At the trial of the innocent He laugheth.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
When disaster brings sudden  death, He mocks the despair of the innocent.

New American Standard Bible
"If the scourge kills suddenly, He mocks the despair of the innocent.

King James Bible
If the scourge slay suddenly, he will laugh at the trial of the innocent.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
When a scourge brings sudden death, he mocks the despair of the innocent.

New Living Translation
When a plague sweeps through, he laughs at the death of the innocent.

English Standard Version
When disaster brings sudden death, he mocks at the calamity of the innocent.

New American Standard Bible
"If the scourge kills suddenly, He mocks the despair of the innocent.

King James Bible
If the scourge slay suddenly, he will laugh at the trial of the innocent.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
When disaster brings sudden death, He mocks the despair of the innocent.

International Standard Version
If a calamity causes sudden death, he'll mock at the despair of the innocent.

NET Bible
If a scourge brings sudden death, he mocks at the despair of the innocent.

American Standard Version
If the scourge slay suddenly, He will mock at the trial of the innocent.

English Revised Version
If the scourge slay suddenly, he will mock at the trial of the innocent.

Young's Literal Translation
If a scourge doth put to death suddenly, At the trial of the innocent He laugheth.
















Cross References
Genesis 17:17
Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a child be born unto him that is an hundred years old? and shall Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear?

Job 24:12
Men groan from out of the city, and the soul of the wounded crieth out: yet God layeth not folly to them.

Job 1:1
There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.

Job 9:22
This is one thing, therefore I said it, He destroyeth the perfect and the wicked.

Job 9:21
Though I were perfect, yet would I not know my soul: I would despise my life.

Job 9:20
If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me: if I say, I am perfect, it shall also prove me perverse.

Job 9:24
The earth is given into the hand of the wicked: he covereth the faces of the judges thereof; if not, where, and who is he?

Job 9:25
Now my days are swifter than a post: they flee away, they see no good.

Job 9:26
They are passed away as the swift ships: as the eagle that hasteth to the prey.
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